US1008263A - Bottle-stopper-clamping device. - Google Patents

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J. HEISSE NBERGER, DBGD.

11. E. woLrm'TH, 3x50111011. BOTTLE STOPPER GLAMPING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED DBO.10, 1908. 11311111731) JUNE 22, 1911.

1,008,263. Patented Nov. 7, 1911.

. D a I E I 1E fl fz7-l- R C F WITNESSES INVENTOI? ITED STATES PATEN JOHN HEISSENBERGER, 01E NEW YORK, N. Y. R. EDWIN WOLFR'ATH, EXECUTOR OF SAID HEISSENBERGER, DECEASED, ASSIGNOR TO'AUTOMATIC UTILITIES COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

BOTTLE-STOPPER-CLAMIING DEVICE.

Application filed December 10, 1908, Serial No. 468,763.

Specification of Letters Patent.

To all whom it concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN HEISSENBERGER, a citizen of the United States, and resident of borough of Bronx, in the county and city of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle-Stopper-Clamping Devices, of which the following is a specification.

This improvement relates to that type of stopper that is intended to be used over and over again a great number of times, and is more particularly of the class in which a wire clamping device is used in conjunction with a bottle stopper, of porcelain, or glass, or even of wood, carrying about its closing portion, a rubber washer.

I have found that the annoyance occasioned by the necessity of having bottle stopper clamp extremely tight, for the purpose of making a proper closure, can be greatly lessened or entirely obviated by shaping the clamping device in a way that will greatly assist the holding of the stopper in place with less binding force, or tension in the clamping parts.

I have discovered that a new use can be given to the bottle stopper, and I have improved upon this discovery by making my device in a manner that will allow it to be used to stop the flow of liquid, from the mouth of the bottle quickly and conveniently, by merely pressing into proper position the locking portion of the clamping de- .vice.

This improvement relates to a series of special features, which I believe to be new, and which are included in a bottle stopper, a guide therefor to retain it in its proper position relative to the open mouth of the bottle to which it is applied, and the clamping means for firmly and securely retaining the stopper in the mouth of the bottle. Like many of the devices of this kind my improvement can be made of hard drawn brass wire carefully nickeled, and thus be highly decorative as well as useful, or it can be made with means for attaching a seal which will be found desirable in some cases, but I prefer it for ordinary use, made of iron wire, which has been galvanized by any of the long approved methods and as such I will describe it.

The following is what I consider the best means for carrying out this invention.

The accompanying of this specification.

Figure 1. is a side elevation, showing the upper portion of a bottle with the stopper inserted in the mouth, and the clamping means arranged to hold the stopper firmly in position. Fig. 2. is a corresponding side elevation. It shows the cork in the position which it will assume when the lever is depressed to its full extent. Fig. 3. shows a modification, and Fig. 4. shows in plan view the mouth and neck of the bottle used in the modification, it also shows a plan view of a stopper.

Similar letters of reference indicate like drawings form a part I parts in all the figures where they appear.

Referring principally to Figs. 1 and 2, A is the neck of a bottle very much like the ordinary bottle upon which this general type of clamp is used, except that the flange around the top is made somewhat larger and approximates on its upper surface more nearly a plane. B is the stopper made in any of the long approved shapes, the portion B which fits in the neck of the bottle is made very short for the purpose that shall appear. C is a wire ring encircling the neck of the bottle below the flange A and is fastened by twisting the ends together at the forward or left side of the neck. It is provided with side loops C and, an extended loop at the right or back of the bottle C The loops C are arranged to closely engage arms D formed in the ends of the lever portion D. I provide, by bending in a manner shown, eyes D in this lever member D, and I also shape the lever member at the point D so that it will, when the lever is in the locking position, fit closely about the adjacent portion of the stopper B, shown at B The eyes D accommodate projecting arms on the ends of the stopper carrying member E. This part E also approaches a U shape having both of its sides of equal length, each side is provided with an eye E and at the base or center of the stopper carrying member, an enlargement is made by the addition of a piece of tubing or by folding the wire backward and forward. Upon this enlarged part the stopper B is retained in the long approved manner. An important member not before described and which serves a particularly useful and ingenious purpose is the guide Wire F.

Made of somewhat smaller wire and in a form which is nearer a broad V, it is provided with a short arm on each of its ends. One end of this guide wire F is inserted through the loop C and the short arms are placed in the eyes E in the stopper carrying member E, which have been pro vided for them. The loop C in the wire ring 0, is large and allows of liberal freedom to the guide wire F, and it is only when the stopper is approaching its fully open position, that this guide wire F exerts an influence.

So novel and complete is the operation of this device, that I will detail it.

Fig. 1 shows the stopper inserted and the clamping device in place, it will be noticed that the lever member is up, partly encircling the stopper in the position to hold securely and yet it is in a convenient place ready to be released from the tension it is exerting, by a light pressure downward. This downward motion of the lever, during he first half of its travel, does nothing more than release the parts from the strain they have been under, while holding the cork securely in place, but after this portion D has passed the center it exerts a lifting motion on the stopper, and continues this until the stopper has been lifted a full 90 quite out of its place in the neck of the bottle, and has been guided by the guide wire F to a firm resting place on the upper face of the flange A By the time the stopper is entirely free of the passage, it will be found that the lever memiber D has passed through the full extent of its motion, and the center por tion D will rest against the bottle neck A. In closing the bottle it is only necessary to press the lever member upward with the thumb. It will be readily observed that the closure can be conveniently and securely made even should the bottle be in position to allow the liquid to fiow freely from it.

Modifications may be made within the scope of the appended claims without departing from the principle or sacrificing the advantages of this invention.

Fig. 3 shows a modification in which the guide wire F is omitted, grooves have been formed in the flange of the bottle neck, and corresponding projections have been produced in the stopper carrying member E.

l have found it advantageous to flatten one side of the bottle neck as shown in plan view Fig. 4:.

It is obvious that this clamping device can be used on bottles of almost any size, or on crockery or pottery jugs.

I am not confined to this particular shape of stopper.

Having carefully and fully described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a stopper clamping device the combination with a stopper, of a lever member, a stopper carrying member, and means for securing them to the neck of a bottle, and a guide wire slidably engaging said securing means and pivotally attached to said stopper carrying member as herein Specified.

2. A bottle stopper clamping device having a lever member, a guide wire, a stopper carrying member, and a wire ring adapted to encircle the neck of the bottle, to which the stopper carrying member is pivoted, an elongated eye formed in said wire ring acting as a guide and stop for said guide wire loosely connecting said stopper carrying member with said wire ring.

8. A bottle stopper clamping device having a lever member, a stopper carrying member with eyes formed therein, and a wire ring adapted to encircle the neck of a bottle, in combination with a guide wire pivoted in the eyes of the stopper carrying member, and slidably engaged with said wire ring.

4. In a bottle stopper clamping device, a lever member, a stopper carrying member, provided with eyes E a wire ring adapted to encircle the neck of a bottle having a loop C and a guide wire slidably engaged with the loop C and having its ends pivotally at taehed to the lever member as specified.

5. The combination with a bottle neck having a flange, of a stopper, a wire ring encircling the bottle neck, a pair of eyes C and a loop formed in said ring, a lever pivoted in said eyes, said lever being also provided with eyes formed one on each side of the neck, said lever having its center part adapted to partly encircle the stopper, a stopper carrying member carried by the eyes in said lever member and having eyes and a guide wire passing loosely through the loop in said wire ring and having its ends pivotally engaged in the eyes of the stopper carrying member as specified.

6. In combination with a clamping device, a bottle stopper having a projection arranged to close the mouth of the bottle and a top provided with a hole to receive a stopper carrying part, and a recess formed to receive an operating member and having overhanging lips arranged to protect the operating member from accidental displacement combined as specified.

Signed at New York in the county of New York and State of New York this 24th day of November A. D. 1908.

JOHN HEISSENBERGER.

Witnesses:

F. A. CHIGKERING, G. E. STERRITTE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing" the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

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